IridetheShortBus
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I dunno, I'm now kinda worried.. at first I thought it'd be great to spend $50 on a power supply.. but now I'm kind of worried it could give out on me and fry my $900 pc.. do I really have anything to worry about?
It's the Xclio Goodpower 500w.. I've heard it will do fine.. but will it do good enough that I hardly have to worry about it powering me? My rig :
Q6600
P35-DS3R
8800 GTS 320MB
320GB 7200.10 HD
2 GIGS CRUCIAL DDR2-800
antec 900 if that matters.. cuz fans?
?
Most recommend the Corsair 520HX, but does that 20 watts really make it worth $60 more? That was my reasoning for not buying the corsair and going with the xclio cuz it was so close in wattage and $60 less.. did I make a mistake and should return it.. or will it have NO problems whatsoever..
Mind you, I hardly plan overclocking anything.. if I do overclock, the max I'll reach is prolly 3.0 ghz.. would I be completely fine? If it really did come down to numbers, what would be the max I could OC before really pushing it? Is there a program that actually shows how much wattage I'm using? So I could know if I'm at like 480 watts I should back down a little bit or something of that nature.. thanks so much
It's the Xclio Goodpower 500w.. I've heard it will do fine.. but will it do good enough that I hardly have to worry about it powering me? My rig :
Q6600
P35-DS3R
8800 GTS 320MB
320GB 7200.10 HD
2 GIGS CRUCIAL DDR2-800
antec 900 if that matters.. cuz fans?
?
Most recommend the Corsair 520HX, but does that 20 watts really make it worth $60 more? That was my reasoning for not buying the corsair and going with the xclio cuz it was so close in wattage and $60 less.. did I make a mistake and should return it.. or will it have NO problems whatsoever..
Mind you, I hardly plan overclocking anything.. if I do overclock, the max I'll reach is prolly 3.0 ghz.. would I be completely fine? If it really did come down to numbers, what would be the max I could OC before really pushing it? Is there a program that actually shows how much wattage I'm using? So I could know if I'm at like 480 watts I should back down a little bit or something of that nature.. thanks so much